Improper buffer restriction in software for the Intel QAT Driver for Linux before version 1.7.l.4.12 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
This entry has been deprecated. It originally came from PLOVER, which sometimes defined "other" and "miscellaneous" categories in order to satisfy exhaustiveness requirements for taxonomies. Within the context of CWE, the use of a more abstract entry is preferred in mapping situations. CWE-75 is a more appropriate mapping.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
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| https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00809.html | patch vendor advisory |